Montague Hummer for carbon wheels?

[Bernie]

Hello everyone!

I'm wanting to lighten up the components. I got an Ergon post and saddle. I think I wanna tackle wheels now.

And I'm ignorant of carbon wheels and tubeless tires.

These Montagues have disc brake on the fork and rim brake in back. (But the mount for rim brakes is unused on the fork.)

Buzzing around online I haven't seemed to encounter brake disc mounting on carbon wheels.

Also, it's a folding mtb (26" wheel) and I occasionally go for trails in my declining years... Should I know anything about using or avoiding this type of wheel?

I'd be super grateful of advice or steering on this improvement. I wanna get as lightweight as I can, crankset, handlebar are likely to follow down the road.

Thanks for your kind attention!

This Pic is a screen grab, not my bike but nearly identical. Both are

Taiwan Hummers, not the later Chinese models.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

After you've fitted that beauty with Zipp carbon wheels, the next obvious step would be a Ceramic Speed Jockey wheel cage. Not only does it save 4.2 grams, it is also pretty aero too, saving you seconds at the finish line.

After that, a Drillium crank, graphene tyres and balsa spokes would be the obvious next step. In that order.

That should bring the weight down to 32 kgs.

 

[Bernie]

After you've fitted that beauty with Zipp carbon wheels, the next obvious step would be a Ceramic Speed Jockey wheel cage. Not only does it save 4.2 grams, it is also pretty aero too, saving you seconds at the finish line.

After that, a Drillium crank, graphene tyres and balsa spokes would be the obvious next step. In that order.

That should bring the weight down to 32 kgs.

Haha, it's kinda lightweight already... my arms are just lazy and old.

And the components are very basic and tend toward the heavy: a nod to its military forerunner.

 

[FrankCrank]

Seen some of those over this way. Not really Montague's as far as I'm aware -in the same clone class as the many tri-folds you now get here.
Not dissing it, a lot of folk can't afford genuine stuff, so looky-likey makes a good alternative.

 

[Bernie]

This is an interesting article about it. Pretty sure I have a real one, but that doesn't much worry me... It's a 2006 bike made in Taiwan.

The real ones were apparently produced from 2002-2007 in Taiwan. Anything after that year is for sure a knockoff.

https://www.montaguebikes.com/folding-bikes-blog/2014/09/montague-bikes-how-to-spot-a-counterfeit/

 

[tds101]

They are beautiful bikes. Not exactly the best folders, but wonderful when it comes to getting a full-on bike that can be stored in a smaller package.

 

[Big John]

Over 35 years ago I had the same idea as you but I had a Raleigh Elan road bike, not a folder. I went to a reputable, ethical, LBS and told them my plan. Bit by bit I was going to lighten the bike. From memory the owner of the shop said it would very roughly cost me £1k to save a pound in weight by swapping carbon components for the steel ones. He told me to save my money and either lose weight or buy a carbon bike. The bulk of the weight of your folder I imagine is in the frame and forks. I'd leave it as it is but that's just me because I don't think it would make a noticeable difference and might even change the handling of the bike.

 

[Bernie]

Over 35 years ago I had the same idea as you but I had a Raleigh Elan road bike, not a folder. I went to a reputable, ethical, LBS and told them my plan. Bit by bit I was going to lighten the bike. From memory the owner of the shop said it would very roughly cost me £1k to save a pound in weight by swapping carbon components for the steel ones. He told me to save my money and either lose weight or buy a carbon bike. The bulk of the weight of your folder I imagine is in the frame and forks. I'd leave it as it is but that's just me because I don't think it would make a noticeable difference and might even change the handling of the bike.

For sure I am doing this the wrong/contrary way — I'm looking to lighten up carrying the bike around (up/down narrow city stairways). It's surprisingly lightweight, but the pedals and wheels especially are heavy examples. I got some reasonably priced featherweight titanium mtb pedals but haven't swapped them yet: figured it could wait till I get a crankset and bottom bracket (it's such a small 'dent' otherwise.).

The previous owner replaced the fork and stem with carbon. I have the originals — he was enough of a collector to hold onto them.

So I also like the idea of lightening up my ride a bit, but that normal and usual reasoning is more abstraction than motivation.

 

[CaptainWheezy]

What does it weigh now ?